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Stenocercus

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Description

Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 68 valid described species.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenocercus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2459733	https://www.gbif.org/species/2459733
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	136557	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=136557

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Tropiduridae : Stenocercus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
-	Iguanomorpha	Sukhanov 1961
-	Pleurodonta
family	Tropiduridae	Bell 1843
genus	Stenocercus	A.M.C.Duméril & Bibron 1837-01

Scientific Name

Stenocercus A.M.C.Duméril & Bibron, 1837-01

Name Published In

Dumeril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron, 1837: null. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles, vol. 4. 572.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stenocercus	genus	belongs to Iguanidae	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Stenocercus	genus	belongs to Tropiduridae	stated with evidence	Conrad et al., 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. L. Conrad, O. Rieppel, and L. Grande. 2007. A Green River (Eocene) polychrotid (Squamata, Reptilia) and a re-examination of iguanian systematics. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1365-1373

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenocercus

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Youngest
Stenocercus aculeatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus albolineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus amydrorhytus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus angel species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus angulifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus apurimacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus arndti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus azureus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus boettgeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus bolivarensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus cadlei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus caducus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus carrioni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus chinchaoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus chlorostictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus chota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus chrysopygus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus crassicaudatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus cupreus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus doellojuradoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus dumerilii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus empetrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus erythrogaster species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus eunetopsis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus festae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus fimbriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus formosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus frittsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus guentheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus haenschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus huancabambae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus humeralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus imitator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus iridescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus ivitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus johaberfellneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus lache species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus latebrosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus limitaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus marmoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus melanopygus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus modestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus nigromaculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus nubicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus ochoai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus omari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus ornatissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus pectinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus percultus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus praeornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus prionotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus puyango species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus quinarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus rhodomelas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus roseiventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus roseiventrus species	listed (PBDB)	Rose Whorltail Iguana	0 Ma Extant
Stenocercus santander species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus scapularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus simonsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus sinesaccus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus squarrosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus stigmosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus torquatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus trachycephalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus tricristatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenocercus varius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1837	Stenocercus Duméril and Bibron
1996	Stenocercus Frank and Ramus
2007	Stenocercus Conrad et al. p. 1369

References

Conrad J. L., Rieppel O., et al (2007) A Green River (Eocene) polychrotid (Squamata, Reptilia) and a re-examination of iguanian systematics, Journal of Paleontology 81 6, 1365-1373

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

Boulenger, G. A., 1885: null. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 2. 497. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

(Roret's Suite à Buffon) Erpét., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Applegarth, J. S., 1983: null. Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition. 54. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Dumeril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron, 1837: null. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles, vol. 4. 572. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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